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CAPE TO CAIRO SERVICE TO BE CHINESE ACCUSED OF ROBBING
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Rugby, Yesterday. Mr. F. Montague, Under-Secre- In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Mander asked what countries tary for Air, questioned regarding had associated themselves with the Progress in developing the Cairo to the Cape route, said that pro- initiative of the United States inposals for this service had been appealing to China and Soviet Russin to observe their obligations under the Kellogg Pact.
GOLD ORNAMENTS
ALLEGATION OF 'ARD DEGREE"
The last case on the calendar for the Criminal Sessions was morning by Proceeded with this His Honour the Pulane Judge (Mr. Justice J. R. Wood) at the Supreme Court. when Ip To, alias Ip To- tak was charged with robbing Ng Yung of $30 in money, and Lam Kam of a gold chain, gold brace-
agreed in principle with the various Governments concerned, and had also been accepted by the Imperial Mr. Henderson replied that the Airways Company. Various, pre- French and Italian Governments had paratory details of the organising taken the same steps as the United service were in hand. States and Great Britain in the Satisfactory arrangements had let, gold finger ring, gold wrist matter. Replies had been received been made regarding the groundwatch, gold watch, police whistle, Union of two pairs of gold earrings and by the United States Government | organisation within the from a number of other govern-
$40 in money. ments, approving of the proposal made to them. The fact that direct negotiations had been begun be- tween the Soviet and the Chinese Governments no doubt made it seem unnecessary to many other govern- ments to follow suft.-Reuter.
Train Not Stopped
Nanking. Yesterday. Chang Hsueh-liang reports that French, the American, British, Italian consuls at Harbin, five Japanese and eight foreign journal- ists, arrived at Paketu on the morning of Decembber 14 on the way to inspect the condition of Manchuli and Dalanor.
Degrees
day.... Temperature, 4
Temperature, 10 ɛ.m., to-
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yesterday Humidity, 10 am, to
day
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Lo Jeuk was charged with aid- ing and abetting by opening a door and giving the robbers ad- mittance to the floor at No. 60, Jardine's Bazaar.
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Humidity, 4 p.m., yes.
terday
86....
South Africa. The First section was expected to be of the service ready in June 1930, and the second half about six months later.
Mr. Somerset Fitzroy, for the Crown, in outlining the case said that early in the morning of November 8 A daughter of the principal tenant went out to sell eggs. She returned At eight o'clock and bolted the door. Three
robbers appeared on the acene! shortly afterwards and drove the a rear cubicle. occupants in to The men were armed with the separate halves of a pair of scis-
The Party left for Mientuho the Bame afternoon, arriving there in the evening. The troops along the line were ordered to give due pro- tection. Reuter's telegram from Tokyo of December 16 that the Chinese Authorities had stopped the International Train is incorrect. airship by the Insertion of an ad- tion of a Chinese
Canton News Agency.
Railway Guards
Peking, Yesterday.
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The R-101 Replying to questions about the airship R101, Mr. Montague Bald that modifications were being made | sors. which the trials had shown to be desirable. It was proposed fur- ther, to increase the efficiency of the
ditional bag. The airship would resume her flying as soon as the alterations were completed.-Bri- tish Wireless Service.
Safety Not Guaranteed
Yun-sheng is now conversing with getting through to Hallar to ac- Melnikov and Simanovsky at Har-complish their mission. barovsk. They are reported to be discussing the occupation of the western section of the C.E.R... Russians declaring that there were no regular Russians in that area, unly Mongols with whom they had
no connections.
The delegates are said to have disagreed on the matter of railway guards, cach demanding that its own soldiers perform this duty.
International Train
Tokyo, Yesterday. From Harbin, it is learned that the international train returned to Buchatu, arriving yesterday after
noon.
Peking, Yesterday. Reports that the Barga area, west of Heilungklang, is no longer under Chinese control, appear to be confirmed by Harbin reports, C.E.R. authorities have stated that they cannot guarantee the safety of the International train beyond Mientuho, they have no em- ployees westward of that plane.
Chinese reports declare that on Saturday last Russian troops fought and disarmed a body of the anti- Russian Mongolian Self-Defence Corps at
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First Accused Caught Ng Yung, one of the occupants, succeeded in attracting the atten- doctor living
next door, by throwing a pair of slippers through a window into the yard. When the doctor entored the floor the robbers ran away but after a long chase the first accus- ed was caught.
he but
The second accused. counnel said, was asked by both the rob- bers to take part in the robbery refused to do 80. The part he played was simply to open the door to the robbers. Also he did not chase the robbers.
Forced to Contess
The second prisoner denied as- sisting the robbers to enter the floor. On his denial, accused al- leged he was held down by five or six policemen who struck him and prodded his cheat with trun- cheons to force him to confesa.
further Hallar. The following He
accused Inspector day the Russians invited the pro- Murphy of striking him over the Russian Young Mongols Party to eyes with a ruler to make him enter and take charge of Hallar confean.
The Consular representatives, it Is believed, have given up hope of Reuter.
The case is proceeding.
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